Test your fair food knowledge

State fair season is ramping up across the US, and among
the many attractions at these end-of-summer festivals
perhaps none is more celebrated than the food. People flock to
stands selling a variey of goodies, more often than not deep
fried and served on a stick. Some of the offerings are quite
far-fetched, which led the St. Paul Pioneer Press to
develop a quiz to test your state fair food
knowledge.

It's difficult to spot the real from the make believe because
all of the foods are quite over-the-top. For example, one of the
following is real and the other fake: Italian Dessert Nachos:
Cinnamon sugar cannoli chips smothered with sweet ricotta cheese
filling, fruit, chocolate, nuts and candy toppings, or
﻿Upside-Down Spaghetti Pizza: Garlic pasta tossed in homemade red
sauce and stuffed inside a thick slice of deep-dish pizza with
choice of toppings.

Other items on the list include Mac & Cheese
Cupcake, Deep Dish Popcorn Cheesecake, and Maple Bacon Funnel Cake.
Can you tell which one of those is real? Take the quiz and see how
well you do. And who knows, given the proclivity of
vendors to out-do each other's offerings, by next year all of
those items might be on the "real" list.